This is an analysis of the poem A Higher Consciousness Rules that begins with:

You may not admit this,
But, limited restrictions have gone......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb ccXb Xddaad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111010 110001011 1 101 0101010 00100110 110011 111 11110101 01010 1010101111 1 010100 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; gone, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gone, it are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase gone connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Higher Consciousness Rules;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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